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Free Google Suite and Microsoft Office Training Videos
Bite-sized lessons focus on a single skill & take only 3 to 5 minutes to complete. Step by step instructions with screenshots will help you learn the basics to all of the applications in Google and in Microsoft Office. Brief instructional videos are included with each lesson.
Take a Chromebook Screen Shot and Attach in Classroom
How to Take a Picture of Classwork and Upload it to Google Classroom
This video is about using a Chromebook's camera to capture images for submission to Google Classroom
How to Use Flipgrid
Free Stories Online for Elementary
Totally Free. Nothing to join, buy or login to. Just click on the picture book and the story will be read by an actor as the pictures are displayed.
Blur your background in Google Meet
To help limit distractions in your meeting, you can blur your background. You'll appear clear while everything behind you is blurred. This feature will appear only for eligible devices that meet the technical requirements (You’ll need a 4 core device or higher that supports Hyper-Threading). Background blur is currently not available on Chromebooks.
Important: Sensitive information might be visible when you blur your background.
In a meeting:
On the bottom right, click More
Click Turn on background blur .
Before a meeting:
Go to meet.google.com select the meeting.
On the bottom right of your self view, click Turn on background blur .
Click Join Now.
Blurring your background may slow down your device. You may want to turn this feature off to allow other apps to run faster on your computer.
Tip: To see how you look when you Blur your background, check your self view.
Turn on hardware acceleration
If you’re having trouble using background effects on your supported device, you may need to turn on Chrome hardware acceleration.
Turn on hardware acceleration on Windows or Mac:
On the top right of a Chrome window, click Chrome menu Click Settings.
On the left, next to Advanced, click .
Click System .
Turn on Use hardware acceleration when available.
Restart Chrome.
Filter Background Noise in Meet
Before a video call
Go to meet.google.com select a video call.
Before you join, on the top right, click More options Settings .
Click Audio .
Turn on Noise cancellation.
Click Join now.
In a video call
On the bottom right, click More options Settings .
Click Audio .
Turn on Noise cancellation.
Tip: To check how much noise is cancelled out, next to your self preview at the top right corner of your screen, look at the Voice indicator . The Voice indicator reflects what others may hear. Sounds that are blocked and cannot be heard by others will not move the indicator line.
Visor - extension
Screen dimmer and reading aid, may help with fluency, eye-strain, concentration and comprehension whilst reading.
ll as being a great general purpose screen dimmer, Visor's overlays and point of focus feature may be assistive to users with visual perceptual difficulties such as Dyslexia, Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome and Visual Stress.
Whilst research shows results vary from person to person, some users may find that the use of overlays can help with fluency, eye-strain, concentration and comprehension whilst reading.
ProWritingAid
Improve your writing with this Chrome browser extension. Follow the directions to download the extension and begin using it. In addition to highlighting grammar and spelling errors, this add-on also provides suggestions for improving the clarity of wording. Other features include highlighting sentence length variations, passive voice, and more.
Cite This For Me
Create bibliographies and works cited with Cite This For Me (formerly Refme). The reference styles include Harvard, APA, MLA and thousands of others. Not only can you reference the standard sources (books, videos, etc.), but your sources can also be doctoral dissertations, reports, book chapters, legislation, artwork, and more.
CyberWise
CyberWise provides tools for parents, educators, and kids to help them understand and use new media tools safely at home and in the classroom. The site provides an extensive collection of videos and resources that explain current media tools and ways to use them. Guides include Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Blogger, Prezi, Glogster, Facebook, Snapchat, Vine, and many others. Enter any tool name into the search box to see if there is a guide. Find information about media literacy, digital citizenship, cyberbullying, sexting, and more. The CyberCivics blog has the latest issues, trends, and tools to keep you an informed digital citizen. Sign up for the free newsletter and subscribe to the blog to stay current with information included on the site.
Family Link app by Google Video
Family Link helps parents and guardians keep an eye on kids while they’re online. You can approve apps and extensions, set time limits, and use content filters to set boundaries for kids. And now, you can add a school account for a Family Link user so you can set ground rules for your child while they do their schoolwork in Google Classroom, Docs, and other websites where you sign in with Google.
Reverso is the all-in-one tool that provides you high-quality translations and helps you improve your language skills seamlessly. It's magic, and it's free. ... Download the Reverso app, and you'll have millions of words and expressions at your fingertips, with their translations in multiple languages
Adblock for Youtube™ is a content filtering and ad blocking browser extension which blocks all ads on Youtube™.
It allows users to prevent page elements, such as advertisements, from being displayed.
Banner, Ad-Clips or even preroll ads you usually see before the actual video on Youtube are blocked by this extension.
Features:
+ blocks ads, banner and popups
+ blocking of ads on external sites which load Youtube
+ prevent preroll ads from loading on Youtube
+ you can also remove annotations from videos and musics (see options page).
+ loads videos and YouTube website faster
Extensity allows you to organize all of your extensions into “profiles.” When you open these profiles, they automatically disable the other extensions and only enable the ones that you want. This allows your browser to run faster and makes it much easier to find the extensions you need.
Virtual Nerd is a FREE unique, online resource offering students real help in math. Current topics include middle grades math through algebra 2, geometry, and SAT math topics. Within each topic are many subtopics offering videos along with a written explanation of the problem.
Display videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector as an introduction or review to current topics. Create a link on classroom computers for students to view videos for review. Post the link to this site on your classroom website for students to access at home.
This site provides a daily "wonder" in the form of a question for students to think about. Parents and teachers can choose a topic by category or by day. Each question is accompanied by a video, questions to think about, links and activities that students can do. Click on the "Wonders" link to see a list of archived daily "wonders."
These daily wonders are perfect to use while students are waiting for homeroom to begin. You could have them projected on a whiteboard for students to work on. Use these for an enrichment/curiosity center. They are perfect for the gifted student who finishes his work early. Use the provided vocabulary in your language arts or science curriculum. Place this link on your webpage for parents to use at home. In addition, this site would be a great place for students to go for science fair ideas or research project ideas.
3D Periodic Table (6 - 12)
A 3d visualization of periodic table. This 3d representation has a table view which shows initially and an atomic view.
Studyladder (K - 6) Video
As a free resource for teachers and their students, Studyladder is outstanding in terms of depth and variety of activities. There's simply so much standards-aligned curriculum here, and there are all kinds of goodies for teachers, such as templates for letters to parents and a great system for organizing classes within the site.Studyladder offers a sequential learning program that includes videos, interactive activities, worksheets and assessments for reporting to teachers and to parents. All part of a complete learning program.
Most importantly children like using Studyladder. They receive instant feedback on what they need to learn, rewards and certificates for achievement, while parents and teachers receive information on progress.
"Studyladder Review For Teachers | Common Sense Education". Common Sense Education, 2013, https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/studyladder. Accessed 11 Mar 2021.
The Mercury Reader extension for Chrome removes ads and distractions, leaving only text and images for a clean and consistent reading view on every site.